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Legal Aid

In 2022, 18,348 lawyers were appointed under the system of legal aid as free lawyers in Austria. Of these:

  • 13,699 in criminal cases
  • 4,087 in civil cases
  • 166 before the Constitutional Court of Austria
  • 349 before the Supreme Administrative Court
  • 33 before the Provincial Administrative Courts
  • 12 before the Federal Administrative Court and
  • 2 before the Federal Finance Court.

In 2022, the value of services rendered in legal aid was just under € 33 million.

 

Legal Aid 2022 Criminal / Civil / Constitutional Court / Administrative Court

BarAppointmentsFees charged
Burgenland650 € 1.325.518,42
Carinthia877€ 1.338.826,76
Lower Austria2.643€ 4.302.351,97
Upper Austria2.556 € 3.220.619,74
Salzburg1.328 € 1.697.939,13
Styria2.271 € 5.242.269,80
Tyrol1.382 € 2.172.008,13
Vorarlberg744 € 1.588.997,59
Vienna5.850 € 11.995.215,25
Total18.301 € 32.883.746,79

 

Legal Aid 2022 Provincial Administrative Courts / Federal Administrative Court / Federal Finance Court

BarAppointmentsFees charged
Burgenland0€ 1.426,35
Carinthia2€ 0,00
Lower Austria4€ 4.568,32
Upper Austria9€ 7.510,20
Salzburg4€ 5.564,22
Styria7€ 19.114,02
Tyrol1€ 0,00
Vorarlberg1€ 1.853,70
Vienna19€ 39.116,21
Total47€ 79.153,02

 

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